Printed on the plate
“Palm Warbler”
Male, 1. Young, 2. | Wild Orange.
Modern identification
Setophaga palmarum
- Certain
- New World Warblers · Parulidae
Why
Audubon's “Palm Warbler” (Sylvia palmarum) is today's Palm Warbler, Setophaga palmarum. Audubon wrote in 1834 that this plate and 145 show one species, his Sylvia petechia.
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon, F. R. S. F. L. S.Engraved, Printed & Coloured, by R. Havell, London, 1833.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
